Bush: 'She (Condi) Can Be My Date'

[sabra]

Source: Fox/AP

SYDNEY, Australia — Condoleezza Rice has been President Bush's foreign policy tutor, sports buddy, national security adviser and his secretary of state.

Bush came up with a new designation Wednesday at a dinner in his honor.

"She can be my date," the president said, reaching out his left hand to touch Rice's arm as they stood before the cameras at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister John Howard and his wife Janette at their residence, Kirribilli House .

First lady Laura Bush had stayed back in Washington, saying a pinched nerve prevented her from taking long flights.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Sep05/0,4670,BushapossDate,00.html

[niyad]

1. condi slips and says, "my husband" and bush, in front of international press, says "my date"

imagine how the reichwing spin machine would be spinning if a dem had said this.

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[jimnasium]

29. Chimp the Pimp?

New show... Pimp my Chimp!

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[AlCzervik]

2. oh boy, it's like the low rent version of Charles, Diana and Camilla.

[Hepburn]

5. OMG!

What a fucking perfect description!!!!

:rofl:

[NV Whino]

19. Right on!

:rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

26. "As the World Burns."

[StarryNite]

39. As my stomach turns.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[DemBones DemBones]

57. Except these three go to "the ranch" together.

I don't think Diana was into that at all, considering she called Camilla "a Rottweiler."

Diana wouldn't just be quiet and enjoy the money and privileges, she actually wanted a husband.

[Demit]

3. As his beard.

[DemBones DemBones]

58. Where is Victor Ashe these days? nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. Hmmm, uh-huh. Wonder what sort of arrangement he and Pickles have.

[peace13]

6. Love this line

'First lady Laura Bush had stayed back in Washington, saying a pinched nerve prevented her from taking long flights.'

It's not as though there isn't a bed on AF1. It sounds like she would have to wait at airports and sit in tiny, cramped airline seats for long periods of time. She's gonna have to think of a better excuse next time. Peace, Kim

[NMDemDist2]

7. they kept her home cuz of the surprise visit to Iraq n/t

[sabra]

11. could she then have rejoined him at APEC?

[TwilightGardener]

12. Yep. Is there a rule that they have to fly together?

[soothsayer]

13. i guess their affair would get on my nerves, too

[xxqqqzme]

30. pickles flies coach

dimson & kinda-sleazy get 1st class?

that pinched nerve in her neck is in Australia.

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Perhaps Pinched Nerve is the new Secret Service code name for POTUS.

[DemBones DemBones]

54. Agreed. Just think: there is probably no one

in that crowd who has ever flown coach.

[Dulcinea]

8. I can hardly wait to see what she'll wear.

Another prom dress? With a corsage this time? :evilgrin:

Meanwhile, back in Washington, Laura's breathing a sigh of relief that she won't have to correct the DictatorTot's table manners again.

[Felinity]

16. Photos, please!

Do you have any examples?

[anakie]

47. start here

one of the happy couple and the Howards on Sydney Harbour; which of course has been closed down while that little fuckwad is in town.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

[Felinity]

50. Thanks,

But I'm waiting for the prom dress!

[0007]

59. Here's one. LOL!

[Hekate]

40. Well, Condi has better fashion sense than Laura--and her shoes are to die for...

...or so they say. ;-)

Hekate

[Binka]

53. Literally Her Shoes Are To Die For. That B**** Shopped For Shoes While NOLA Drowned. n/t

[Hekate]

66. Indeed. nt

[JohnnyLib2]

9. I just can't believe that statement was made.

Oh, it was *. I shoulda known.

[DS1]

10. That pinched nerve is code for "at home with his dick in a jar"

[Jade Fox]

14. Bush constantly reveals.....

his inability to respect women in a professional capacity (along with his juvenile, frat-boy personality).

My guess is Laura's had that "pinched nerve" for a couple of decades now.

[truth2power]

71. That was a juvenile comment for him to make

in that context. One might say something like that when they're with friends at a party or something.

But the leader of a country on an official visit should have the sense to be dignified. This falls into the category of his, "Your Scott is prettier than my Scott" remark, and others we could probably think of. All show that he's emotionally prepubescent.

And he's playing with nukes! :scared:

[woodsprite]

15. Hmmmm, the big boss at work has pulled similar shenanigans

He goes to a conference with my boss, but before the big wigs get there, my boss goes home and his wife comes out.

Oh, and did I mention the adjoining rooms ;)

[damntexdem]

37. Does Air Force One have adjoining rooms?

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. The appropriate statement should have been...

"US Secretary of Defense Rice will be accompanying me to the various political and social functions during this meeting of leaders from around the globe."

To minimize her by calling her his "date", shows utter and complete disrespect for her position within our government, and toward all women in professional positions.

Meanwhile, his arrogant attitude shows the misogynist he really is, as well as the fact that he's a total asswipe of a human being.

[NV Whino]

20. That's good

I think you've covered it.

[Hekate]

23. Too right. The Nekkid Emperor is just a low-class schmuck with money and power. nt

[Whoa_Nelly]

25. And would like to amend my post re: Rice

By not speaking up, Rice shows her willingness to allow this disrespect not only for her governmental position, but also for women, especially African-American women the nation over.

I suspect that Rice shows her arrogance and political ass-licking in this way as a form of self-loathing about her race and being a woman. She is no better off with her high and mighty attitudes, the monetary clout she exhibits, or the primping and pimping she has gone through to get to one of the highest political cabinet positions in the world, than the single welfare mother who continues to stay in a relationship with an abuser.

Women on the whole are still classed as less than a male black gay republican in this society. Rice thumbs her nose at women all around the globe by not speaking up and restating her position in accompanying McFuckwad on this trip.

Or, perhaps, she does not speak up because she really is, or hopes to further being, in a personal and intimate relationship with the Boy Clown and Idiot Chimp Extraordinaire of the soon-to-be late United States of America.

[Hekate]

28. Dr Rice is a very accomplished woman.She would have more respect from me if she would speak up...

...on the REPEATED occasions where Bush "puts her in her place" like that. It need not be confrontational (especially considering their relationship, whatever that is), but something along the lines of a smiling "Of course I shall be attending as Secretary of State, and of course will be seated with the President."

As I say, I'd have more respect for her as a woman in a professional capacity, quite apart from my loathing for the man she enables.

But it's really got to be mind-bending to be in a professional/personal relationship with a man who simultaneously promotes you to a level of the highest responsibility and then publicly acts like the next thing he's
going to do is pinch your butt, and not in a really affectionate way.

I never read "Bush Women" so I am just left to marvel in disgust at everyone's behavior in the Bush orbit.

Hekate

[simmonsj811]

34. or she could say

don't mind him he's "just a chimp":beer: :pals:

[yava]

63. I disagree with all this

I am not a moralist and I am agaist the repub regime but I think the comments referred to are acceptable in a team spirit.

[tanyev]

45. "She just can't say no to that man"

The president reportedly refers to Rice as his “sister,” while Rice’s stepmother said she “just can’t say no to that man.”


http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/12745.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

46. Someone really needs to to make vid of * and Rice using this song

I Can't Say No

It ain't so much a question of not knowing what to do.
I knowed whut's right and wrong since I been ten.
I heared a lot of stories and I reckon they are true
About how girls're put upon by men.
I know I mustn't fall into the pit,
But when I'm with a feller, I fergit!
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
I'm in a turrible fix I always say "come on, le's go"
Jist when I orta say nix!
When a person tries to kiss a girl,
I know she orta give his face a smack.
But as soon as someone kisses me,
I somehow, sorta, wanta kiss him back!
I'm jist a fool when lights are low
I cain't be prissy and quaint
I ain't the type that can faint
How c'n I be whut I ain't?
I cain't say no!
Whut you goin' to do when a feller gits flirty, and starts to talk purty?
Whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says 'at yer lips're like cherries, er roses, er berries?
Whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says 'at you're sweeter 'n cream,
And he's gotta have cream er die?
Whut you goin' to do when he talks that way,
Spit in his eye?
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
Cain't seem to say it at all
I hate to disserpoint a beau
When he is payin' a call!
Fer a while I ack refined and cool,
A settin on the velveteen setee
Nen I think of thet ol' golden rule,
And do fer him what he would do fer me!
I cain't resist a Romeo
In a sombrero and chaps
Soon as I sit on their laps
Somethin' inside of me snaps
I cain't say no!Someone really needs to make

[Manifestor_of_Light]

65. Rodgers & Hammerstein's lovely dissing of the double standard.

Long may their music live. Ado Annie is great!

[eridani]

64. I'm glad it's her and not Cheney

She doesn't want to bomb Iran, but Cheney does.

[damntexdem]

35. Oh, I'm sure that he respects her position.

Which position do you suppose it is?

;-)

[Whoa_Nelly]

38. ............

[Lisa]

60. well said, Whoa_Nelly! I worked pretty hard for my PhD ...

... and while I don't strut around demanding people call me "Dr.", I feel I'm letting down all my professional colleagues out there if I just let people "assume" that they can walk all over me and I won't mind!

[Speaker]

18. Time to run Condi's wardrobe down to the DNA lab. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

21. DUzy! DUzy! ding ding ding ding.

:applause:

[StarryNite]

42. HA!

Great idea!

[BootinUp]

22. Will we ever have class in a President again? n/t

K & R!

[damntexdem]

36. Oh, of course. For example, right now the class is ...

kindergarten!

[jimnasium]

27. OMG!

That dirty little chimp...

[Enrique]

31. the Globe was right!

[truthisfreedom]

32. Hmm. I have a feeling the "lump in the bed" will be a pillow next time you're back at the WH, gw.

[damntexdem]

33. Did Laura's pinched nerve explain any pinched smile at Dubya's "jest."

This should be a good quote to get those rumor mills working 24/7 once again.

[StarryNite]

43. Can you imagine if Bill Clinton

would have made a remark like that? It's almost as if * is in our faces with all his shenanigans because he knows nothing will be done about it. If starting an illegal war that has killed thousands and thousands of innocent people didn't get him impeached then this will barely get a second look. Except from us!

[goforit]

48. Was she wearing a blue dress?

[bamacrat]

49. I figured a good republican like him would be against inter-racial couples.n/t

[calimary]

61. If that's so, then that might explain why he always seems so disconnected

from genuine reality-based concern for voter demographics.

We're starting to get these think pieces (and big-impact books here and there) in the waning days of the bush era that attempt to look at potential impacts and trickle-downs and direct consequences/results of what's been allowed to happen. Many of these think pieces opine about how the republi-CONS are pissing away any hopes of building their "permanent majority" with any help from Hispanics. Lots of talk about how Hispanics are being disenfranchised and alienated enmasse by the extremist tunnel-fision jingoism of the anti-immigration lobby. And that's what it is. It's essentially another lobby.

Well, what's happening with Hispanics certainly is true among African-Americans. Any possible increase in black GOP demos ground to a screeching halt when we all saw what Hurricane Katrina could do. Moreover, African-Americans have been active longer so they have the clout and the infrastructure in place, thanks to Jesse Jackson, Howard University, the NAACP, the various centers and endowments and libraries and upper-level institutions founded by and for the benefit of the African-American community. They've had towering figures of great historical significance who've articulated for their renaissance for decades. No, make that about a century or two, really. Hence, civil rights issues and considerations are common subjects that are prominent in scope and highly familiar in the national psyche. Their message gets through and makes/maintains an impact because there's been time to plow and prepare and fertilize the fields to be receptive. Similar Hispanic groups and support organizations have only recently started to develop a large-scale public platform of advocacy, so specific issues of interest are only now beginning to become a prevailing issue. The immigration debate has finally forced Hispanic issues onto everybody's front page rather than way back in the back, basically on "ignore".

Sorry. Just blathering here, I'm afraid. I'm just drawing conclusions based on what I see playing out in front of me. Hey, we ALL are to some extent, aren't we? But just consider: when you consider these political and public conditions at present, and you see mountains of evidence upon more mountains of evidence of bush's denial, his ivory-tower avoidance, his "bubble boy" mystique, his utter insulation and detachment from reality. He sees only what he wants to see, and hears only what he wants to hear. Everything is fine. And I'm sure at least a small part of him thinks that he's winning hearts and minds with African-American voters if he shows how "color-blind" he is, cozying up and sweet-talking in public with "that cute li'l gal I gave the State Department to." And, he figures, won't they just LOVE him for it!!! He figures he can manipulate how you feel about him with these infuriating, insulting, and demeaning little cutesy gestures and then it won't matter what he does. Because he's charmed you into giving him the benefit of the doubt and letting him get away with it, so he figures you won't care. Sure, he's carrying on with contradicta. You can say one thing for him, at least he's not a racist. Never mind what he's done, and continues to do to millions of African-Americans whose desperately-needed safety net he's tended with a frickin' chain saw. He's mighty sweet to her. I guess you're forgiven, george.

Remember, he always goes for the gut. Facts don't count with him. Yer gut does. So he figures you operate the same way. And if you don't, you should.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

67. They think token minorities will win them votes.

Repukes thought that having Gonzo and Condi would win them the Black vote and the Hispanic vote.

Reagan thought the women would just vote for him because he put Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court. That didn't make her a liberal. Moderate but certainly not liberal.

They thought that all women vote for male candidates based solely on looks. That's why they ran Dan Quayle as VP. They thought that female voters would think he was cute. I think the female voters (including yours truly) thought he was a complete idiot, and NOT cute anyway.

They think that we the electorate are so stupid that we will think "Gosh! That's a Black person! That's a woman! That's a Hispanic person! Gee, they must be LIBRUL if they are working for Republicans! Those Repukes must be nicer than we thought. See, they let women and minorities advance in the Cabinet and they run for office."

They insult the entire electorate with this thinking. But then they don't give a damn about us anyway.


:puke:

BARF!!!!

It's not about being a groundbreaker minority, it's about being COMPETENT. They fail to see that. If you say "Condi is not competent" they call you a racist, missing the point.

If you say "Katie Couric is a lousy journalist and too fluffy" they call you a sexist. She's not competent. It's not a matter of gender.

[calimary]

69. It's kinda pathetic that this shit is still an issue, though.

You'd think we all would have evolved beyond that a little.

BTW - good luck with your arias (do it for Pavarotti)!

[entanglement]

70. Nah. Good repubs are against interracial couples only when the woman is white and the guy isn't

I'm also fairly certain they hate all gay couples equally, interracial or not

[TrogL]

51. So I take it there's no sexual harassment policy in place?

[DemBones DemBones]

55. They're Republicans, silly. nt

[Vidar]

52. He really does live in his own little world without a glimmer of reality.

[Hulk]

56. Just waiting for the moron to refer to her as "she's my bitch"....

...we all know the opposite is true, however.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

62. I've been observing *s behavior while he's visiting my country

He strikes me as being someone who has never grown up and who specializes in deflecting important questions with non-sequitors and cliched jingoistic rhetoric. When then President Clinton was here a decade ago, he was charming, eloquent and spoke passionately against racism and for social justice and equality. And when he was asked questions, he answered them with such depth and intellect. It's sad to see what has become of the US presidency

[MagsDem]

68. Gosh, maybe he isn't as racist as...

.. the repug policy he supports. Wait, no.... she's just his favorite flunky.